Obesity and other metabolic problems are known factors for the development of type 2 diabetes, but thin people turn up with the disease every day, too. As well, not all obese people will suffer from type 2 diabetes.

So what’s going on? There must be other factors besides weight.

Today, we’ll uncover a link between an inexpensive, common vitamin and type 2 diabetes that you do not know about.

Research published in the Journal of Biochemistry recently uncovered a link between a deficiency in a common and easy-to-find vitamin and development of type 2 diabetes.

Insulin resistance develops over time, and is the key process that leads to type 2 diabetes. The Centers for Disease Control estimate that more than 2 million people in the US alone have type 2 diabetes, and that it is the disease on the fastest increase currently.

Most of the diabetes diagnoses in the US are type 2, accounting for at least 90% of the total.

Diabetes is a problem involving the pancreas’ ability to produce insulin and/or the body’s resistance or sensitivity to it. But one vitamin is known to directly impact the beta cells in the pancreas that are responsible for insulin production:

Vitamin A

Researchers at the Department of Pharmacology at Weill Cornell described the 2 different kinds of vitamin A: Preformed, which is found primarily in meats and fish; and pro-vitamin A, which is commonly referred to as beta-carotene. This is found in the bright yellows and oranges of vegetables like squash and other gourdes.

It has been known in the past that vitamin A availability during fetal development plays a role in beta cell health, but no link had been found in adulthood- until now- with the study involving adult mice.

Scientists found that removing vitamin A from the mice’s diets resulted in beta cell death. Beta cells produce insulin, so the conclusion can been easily seen that a deficiency could cause the same effect in humans.

The study did not address how the lack of vitamin A led to beta cell death, but noted that process warrants further study.

Despite this preliminary study, including vitamin A is probably not enough to cure type 2 diabetes. At least not if you’ve already developed the disease.

But type 2 diabetes can be reversed naturally. All it takes are some simple, easy lifestyle changes.
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